To be a woman today in the world is to be in a perpetual state of rage. Or at least feel like you're always on the verge of screaming.⁠ ⁠ This is how we first meet Drea Torres (@camimendes) and Eleanor Levetan (@maya_hawke) in Netflix's #DoRevenge, which came out earlier this month, as they — both severely wronged by people they trusted — are hurtling down the highway in Eleanor's vintage car, literally screaming at the top of their lungs. Drea, the resident "It girl" at the campy and elite Rosehill Country Day School, has been dealing with the fallout of her ex-boyfriend leaking a sex tape she made for him. Hesitant at first, she leans into it, letting out a high-pitched, anger-fueled scream. Eleanor's response? "You really had that pent up, huh?"⁠ ⁠ While Hawke's Eleanor understands her new friend's rage, the reality is that regardless of how justified women may be in their anger, it's typically undercut, and in art and IRL, there's a tendency to characterize angry women as hysterical and bloodthirsty. English author William Congreve once infamously said that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," a phrase that's become both timeless and abused to mock genuine female anger. Take Lady Macbeth, whose actions and interests to make her husband King are painted in popular imagination as selfish and inauthentic. Or look at the response to Serena Williams, who demanded an apology from the umpire at the 2018 U.S. Open after he penalized her because he believed she was being coached from the stands (she denied it happened and was offended at the implication that she was cheating). On screen, revenge is a tactic still typically reserved only for men, with actors like Liam Neeson and Jamie Foxx celebrated for their turns as vengeance-driven protagonists in Taken and Django Unchained, respectively.⁠ ⁠ Do Revenge wants none of that. Read why at the 🔗 in the bio. ✍️ @katherineesingh 📷 courtesy of Netflix